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Recently a delegation, made up of the widows of Chiefs of the FDNY, along with active duty Chiefs and Captains of the FDNY, a Uniformed Firefighters Association representative from Philadelphia, plus the authors of Radio Silence FDNY, met with Congresswoman Diane Watson at her Washington, DC Office. That group was requesting a Congressional Hearing into the selection, purchase and contracting practices of two-way radios across the country.
That group and those they represent, would request that if you are interested in helping to protect the firefighters and other first responders across this country, that you join us in requesting that a fair hearing is conducted and that a full hearing with testimony taken under oath and with subpoenas issued, be conducted as soon as possible to prevent the possibility of any more needless deaths or injuries to first responders.
Some helpful information is that Congress receives approximately 90+ million emails per year, making it unlikely that most email sent to representatives will be read. As a result of the anthrax and other threats, mail can take a long time to reach a Congressperson. The most effective ways to let a Congressperson know how you feel about a subject is via a phone call or fax. Congress will ONLY take action is it is requested and the Congress members know the public wants this area looked into.
We have listed some of the members of the particular committee on Government Reform who can call for and hold those hearings. Your phone call or fax to the members of that sub committee would be more helpful than you know.
To find out who the members of the Congressional Committee on Government Reform are, you can visit this site:
http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Government%20Reform%20Committee%20-%20Full%20Roster.pdf
From there you enter the name of any of those members into a Google.com search and obtain their fax and phone numbers.
We have listed that information for a few of the members here. Don't be afraid to get in touch with them and say that although they may not be your Congressperson, you are a concerned American and would like to see the hearing called to help save the lives of our first responders.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
Washington Office
2331 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-3214
phone: 202-225-7944
fax: 202-225-4709
Manhattan Office
Congresswoman Maloney
1651 3rd Avenue Suite 311
New York, NY 10128-3679
phone: 212-860-0606
fax: 212-860-0704
Queens Office
Congresswoman Maloney
28-11 Astoria Blvd.
Astoria, NY 11102-1933
phone: 718-932-1804
fax: 718-932-1805
Congressman Christopher Shays
Washington Office
1126 Longworth Building
Washington, DC 20515-0704
phone: 202-225-5541
fax: 202/225-9629
Bridgeport (District) Office
10 Middle Street, 11th Floor
Bridgeport, CT 06604-4223
phone: 203-579-5870
fax: 203/579-0771
Government Center
888 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, CT 06901-2927
phone: 203-357-8277
Other Telephone Numbers
Norwalk Office: 203-866-6469
Congresswoman Diane Watson
Assistants are Greg Adams and Alice Holmes in the DC office.
Washington Office
125 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515-0533
phone: 202-225-7084
fax: 202-225-2422
Los Angeles Office
4322 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 302
Los Angeles, CA 90010
phone: 323-965-1422
fax: 323-965-1113
Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez
Washington Office
1007 Longworth Building
Washington, DC 20515
phone: 202-225-6676
fax: 202-226-1012
California (District) Office
4007 Paramount Blvd., Suite 106
Lakewood, CA 90712
phone: 562-429-8499
fax: 562-938-1948
Congresssman John F. Tierney
Washington D.C. Office
phone: 202-225-8020
fax: 202-225-5915
Peabody Office
phone: 978-531-1669
fax: 978-531-1996
Lynn Office
phone: 781-595-7375
fax: 781-595-7492
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